Milas Edward Bennett (1868 - 1901)

Born 7 Mar 1868 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Aug 1901 at age 33 in Haywood, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Milas Bennett was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

Milas Bennett was born in North Carolina.

This profile is part of the Bennett Name Study.

Milas Edward Bennett was born on March 7, 1868 in North Carolina, United States, son of Jasper Newton Bennett (1832–1909) and Jalie Iola Guillette (1838–1907).

His siblings were:

• Elizabeth Elvira Bennett (1854–1917)
• Mary Jane Bennett (1856–1925)
• William Young Bennett (1856–1909)
• Martha Ann Bennett (1863–1902)
• George Newton Bennett (1866–1901)

Milas died on August 5, 1901 in Haywood, North Carolina, aged 33. He was buried in Redmond Family Cemetery, Fines Creek, North Carolina.

Research Notes

Excerpt from History of My Bennett Ancestors: by Mrs. R. T. Messer (Herma Jarrett) Milas Edward Bennett became a doctor of medicine. He graduated from the medical school of Vanderbilt University and was valedictorian of his class. He married Esther Rogers, daughter of Hiram and Ellander Ferguson Rogers. At that time, before the days of cars and good roads, it was hard to get a doctor to Fines Creek, so he bought a home and built up a big practice there. In the spring of 1898 I think it was, he was stricken with appendicitis. Because he was a large man weighing about 240 pounds, the doctors said it would be fatal to operate, so five doctor friends stood by and let him die. Today his life would have been saved. He left three small children, Reva, Sigsbee, and Milas, Jr., who was six weeks old when his father died. Aunt Esther took the children and returned to her father's home and reared them there. Reva married Robert Green, son of Sam Green and Sarah Noland Green. She died young, just as her father did. Waited too long for an appendix operation. She left some small children. Of course they were grown long ago, but I have lost track of them. Sigsbee was working at Enka and living in Asheville the last I heard of him. He was not married, an old bachelor. Milas was living in Asheville at last account, married and had two grown daughters. I am getting too old to keep up with all the youngsters.

Sources

See also:

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00004; Digital film/folder number: 005161767; FHL microfilm: 1254967; Image number: 417; Sheet number: 206; Sheet letter: C; Packet letter: D
  FamilySearch Record: MCX9-CHL (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YB6-9HFP
  Entry for J. Newton Bennett and Jaley E. Bennett, 1880.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,433,479
  FamilySearch Record: Q28Y-SZ6F (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C916-Z7QT-M Image number 00015
  M E Bennett and Esther Rogers, 25 Sep 1895.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Fines Creek Township, Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,431,747
  FamilySearch Record: Q28Y-9X9R (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C916-73WG-V Image number 01741
  M E Bennett and Esther Rogers, 25 Sep 1895.
• Marriage: "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007611839; FHL microfilm: 463145; Record number: 22; Packet letter: E
  FamilySearch Record: F8JP-24B (accessed 1 January 2024)
  M. E. Bennett, 1895.
• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 77; Digital film/folder number: 004117828; FHL microfilm: 1241200; Image number: 244; Sheet number: 12; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00752-7
  FamilySearch Record: MSYG-JZ6 (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6GB4-MSL
  Entry for Miles E Bennett and Esther Bennett, 1900.
• Probate: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007067703; FHL microfilm: 002314796; Image number: 1851
  FamilySearch Record: KDGJ-6FB (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L97J-8L8Q
  Entry for Milas E Bennett, 1901.
• Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
  citing record ID 46208705, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
  FamilySearch Record: QVKG-NKYS (accessed 1 January 2024)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #46208705
  Milas Edward Bennett.
• FamilySearch Person: LZNF-B1B